EFI Teams with Canon on Mobile Printing Solution

FOSTER CITY, CA—July 14, 2011—EFI, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced it is working with Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, to bring mobile printing to the enterprise-print marketplace. As the first step, Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE lineup of color and black-and-white office systems utilizing Fiery-based imagePASS and ColorPASS controllers now support EFI’s direct mobile printing solution.

Residing on the Fiery controller, EFI’s direct mobile print technology enables printing directly from Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices, further enhancing the functionality of Canon’s award-winning series of imageRUNNER ADVANCE office systems beyond traditional wired environments.

“We’re excited to extend our long-standing relationship with Canon to the mobile print arena, and we’re confident Apple device users will welcome this new printing ability,” said Toby Weiss, general manager of Fiery and senior vice president, EFI.

“The combination of Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE technology with EFI’s direct mobile print solution creates an easy, intuitive way for Apple device users to automatically discover a Fiery-based printer on their WiFi network and print with the touch of one button,” said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A.

EFI’s direct mobile printing offering works together with Apple’s iOS software. With the Fiery-based Canon controller running on the same wireless subnet as the iOS device, Apple users will find a print function automatically enabled on their device and can select a printer on their network to output their documents.

For more information, visit www.efi.com/printmeconnect or contact 800-875-7117.

About Canon
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2010, with global revenues of more than US $45 billion and is listed as number five in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies 2011 list. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei—“all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future”—Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.

About EFI
EFI (www.efi.com) is a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI’s award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery digital print controllers and solutions; VUTEk superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions.

Source: EFI.